this portion begins with democratic senators sheldon whitehouse, robert menendez and dianne feinstein. >> madame president, it should be no surprise might views are not those of the distinguished ranking member of our judiciary committee. but somewhat different. i served on this committee for 16 years now. i have sat through the confirmation hearing of four supreme court justices and all i am very proud to say on a believe the president made an excellent choice and i enthusiastically support this nominee. judge sotomayor is a boreman and intelligent woman. more importantly though, she is a solid tested and mainstream federal judge. her personal story is one of hard work. she has risen above all kind of obstacles and she has perseverance. she's a role model for women until all and i cannot help feel a sense of enormous pride in her achievements, her nomination and hopefully before the end of the week her confirmation to be a supreme court justice. as i said the confirmation hearings a supreme court justice should possess at least five qualities. one, broad and relevant experience. so h